Meet The Team

Licensed Certified Professional Midwives

Leila Wyatt

LCPM

Owner & Midwife

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Laura Perkins

LCPM

Midwife

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OBGYN

Nathan Riley, MD

Collaborating OBGYN 

1772 Prytania St New Orleans LA 70130
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We believe that connecting with your midwife and creating a deep relationship built on trust and alignment is a key to a great birth experience. Over the course of care you will meet with both midwives so you always know your team. To learn more about our model of care, click here

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Devotion Midwifery is passionate about making more midwives for Louisiana & Mississippi. You will have the opportunity to meet each student who may be at your birth, have the final say in who comes, and always are in charge of how much or how little you wants students part of your journey.

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Student Midwives

  • Now in her third year of midwifery school and in her primary phase of training, Emma is deeply enjoying hands-on care and witnessing women’s strength firsthand. She dreams of one day opening a maternity home where mothers can birth and recover in peace, surrounded by support and gentleness. Teaching is another passion close to her heart, and she hopes to mentor future midwives and continue sharing knowledge and encouragement with others entering the field.

  • Kalli McKee, is a passionate mother, wife and birth worker. She stepped into the home birth world through the birth of her own children, she pursues all things natural and holistic as a lifestyle for herself and her family. Kalli is currently pursuing becoming a licensed CPM through the PEP program and attending births as a student midwife as well as juggling being a stay at home mom and homeschool mom of 4 little kiddos. Kalli is extremely passionate about physiological birth and protecting the sanctity of your specific birth desires. Kalli loves to see mothers get their successful home birth outcomes that they work for and deserve. Kalli plans to join the Devotion team once she is licensed and then eventually open up a practice of her own wherever the Lord leads her and her family in the future. As of now Kalli is located in Saint Amant LA and planning to service surrounding areas. Kalli is grateful for you allowing her to be part of witnessing your birth and servicing you and your family as you welcome your new little blessings into the world. 

  • Haley Deshautelle (she/her) is a student midwife training with Devotion Midwifery and pursuing a Bachelors in Midwifery at Midwives College of Utah. Haley began her midwifery training in 2021 in New Mexico with Santa Fe Midwifery, Santa Fe Birth Center, and Changing Woman Initiative. In 2023 she moved to New Orleans to be closer to her family and to answer the call for more midwives in her home state. To date she has attended and supported over 50 births at home and in birth centers! It is her goal to help the families she serves feel empowered, informed, respected and supported during their pregnancy, birth & postpartum.  She wholeheartedly believes that protecting autonomy, physiological birth, and midwifery care is the way to better birth outcomes in our community.

  • Nicolette Quave is a wife, mother of three, doula and student midwife. The world of birth was opened to her after the birth of her first baby. What started off as emotional support as a doula has blossomed into pursing midwifery as a chance to change birth as it’s portrayed by the masses. Nicolette’s goal in midwifery is for everyone to know that they were made to birth their baby and to eliminate the need for the redemptive birth. Nicolette is currently following the PEP program to become a licensed certified professional midwife. She is planning on joining the Devotion team once she is licensed and eventually open up a practice of her own to service Gonzales, LA and surrounding areas. Nicolette is honored to be a part of your birth story and caring for you during such a monumental moment in your life.

  • Eli lives, learns, and works in New Orleans as a licensed student midwife. She also provides doula support a few times per year. Eli always been interested in science and the human body, which led her to obtain a Bachelor of Science degree in biology from Louisiana State University. After a few years of searching for her passions, she offhandedly enrolled in a doula course, which opened her up to the world of birth and eventually led me to the field of midwifery. She have been working and training as a student midwife in the birth assistant role for a year, and is currently enrolled in midwifery school at Midwives College of Utah.

    She is passionate about providing holistic, inclusive, accessible, and evidence-based care that leads to positive, empowering birth outcomes for people in my community. Eli is also committed to social justice advocacy, particularly regarding reproductive justice. Safe, comprehensive midwifery care has the power to combat birth disparities, which are especially pervasive in southeast Louisiana. Positive birth experiences can be the foundation for healthier families and communities and affect revolutionary change in the world.

  • Bio coming soon- Jen will be accepting clients under supervision.